Wehrmacht

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Wehrmacht

/ˈvɛə(ɹ)ˌmɑːxt/
/ˈvɛə(ɹ)ˌmɑːkt/

Where it comes from

Unadapted borrowing from German Wehrmacht, from wehren (“to defend”) + Macht (“might, force”).

proper noun

Nazism, historical The German armed forces from 1935 to 1945. In the end the Allies battered the Wehrmacht back to the Reich and ended whatever chance the Germans had of escaping their fate.

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name German armed forces from 1935 to 1945

中文	德意志國防軍 /德意志国防军 Déyìzhì guófáng jūn, 國防軍 /国防军 guófáng jūn
हिन्दी	वेरमाख़्ट vermāxṭ
Français	Wehrmacht
Deutsch	Wehrmacht
Русский	Ве́рмахт Vérmaxt
العربية	فِيرْمَاخْت fīrmāḵt

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@misc{wehrmacht_2026,
  title = {Wehrmacht},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wehrmacht},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}